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Native American strawberry picker
Indian strawberry picker near Gresham, Oregon.
Bean Pickers
"Dickie Nash (left), 14, from Cromwell, Oklahoma, picking beans on the John Grenz place near Jefferson in Linn County.
John Grenz, Jr. is with him. Dickie batches and lives in a tent on the place. Picked 204 pounds in one day."
John Grenz, Jr. is with him. Dickie batches and lives in a tent on the place. Picked 204 pounds in one day."
Sailors from the Naval Hospital at Camp Adair
Sailors from the Naval Hospital at Camp Adair are hoe creeping red fescue grass.
Ernst Family at Horst Hop Ranch
Frank Ernst (second left) and his wife (fourth left), with their family working on the Horst Hop Ranch near Independence. He is a carpenter; she is a nurse; they are vacationing. Kids are Johnny (left), 11; Alice Marie (light shirt), 16; Mary Ann…
Pear picker near Medford, Oregon
A migratory fruit picker high on a ladder is picking Comice pears at the Illihee Orchards near Medford, Oregon.
Native Americans working pea viner
Some Indians were used in the pea vining operations. These are working on the C. C. Curl farm in Umatilla County, Oregon.
Harvesting cucumbers
Mexicans harvesting cucumbers in Columbia County.
Japanese American workers hoeing beets
About 450 Japanese from relocation centers were used in Malheur County. They worked mostly for Japanese farmers, though these were working in the Dale Garrison beet field.
Mail call
Returning to camp after the day's work the Mexicans go first to the "mail wall" where letters from home are posted.